The loop begins again as Alan Wake 2 launches a New Game Plus mode featuring a new difficulty, extra videos and manuscript pages, and a whole new ending

Given Remedy’s preoccupation with looping stories in Alan Wake 2, it feels particularly fitting that the game now has a New Game Plus mode. Just as Alan himself is trapped experiencing the same events over and over, now you too can pretend you’re in the Dark Place by turning the year’s best horror game into…

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Veil is a co-op tactical warlock game that looks like someone mashed up Dishonored and Rainbow Six, and it just got its first gameplay trailer

My friends, it’s my delight to inform you that we have entered the era of magical gun wizards. At least, that’s my takeaway from the trailer for Veil, a just-announced, four-player co-op shooter based around squads of tactical warlocks as they try to keep demons from spilling over into our world. It got its first…

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‘I’m an actor, I’m not a doctor—I’m not a hero’: Astarion’s voice actor reflects on his Game Awards win for Baldur’s Gate 3, and the humility of helping others feel seen

The Game Awards had some interesting problems this year. In particular, the words “Please Wrap it up” will be carved into the public’s brains for a while due to some major criticisms on how rushed the award speeches from the devs were. In particular, I noticed that Neil Newbon (the voice of Astarion in Baldur’s…

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How to get Wool Fabric in Lego Fortnite

Getting your hands on Wool Fabric in Lego Fortnite is a little trickier than you might think. Obviously, you’ll need to acquire some wool, but that isn’t as complicated as it sounds, since you don’t need any specialised tools to shear the sheep you find wandering around the world. What you do need, however, is…

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Disney games boss acknowledges ‘a lot of demand’ for Knights of the Old Republic remake, giving me my first spark of hope for the project in ages

Games industry head honchos have all gotten into the same hobby recently: Refusing to say anything about the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake that got revealed at a PlayStation showcase all the way back in September 2021. It just seems that no one at any of the corporations supposedly involved—Sony, Disney, and…

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